sendmail config for desktop

[Bill Moran]

I found that following these instructions helped:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/smtp-dialup.html

Gary Schenk wrote:
> I am running 4.7-RELEASE. When I installed freeBSD I made the localhost 
> name fuzz.
> 
> I am now attempting to get mutt running on this computer.
> 
> I cannot send email to the outside world. My email is rejected because 
> the doamin part of the address includes the localhost name "fuzz". So 
> instead of "gwschenk at socal.rr.com", which is what the ISP expects, mail 
> is sent out as being from "gwschenk at fuzz.socal.rr.com".
> 
> In one attempt to get things working, I edited freebsd.mc in a couple of 
> places. I defined 'SMART_HOST' as my isp, and included a line 
> MASQUERADE_AS('socal.rr.com'). I did make cf, and make install. After 
> running sendmail -q it gives me an error message in sendmail.cf "line 
> 66: unknown configuration line "\n"
> 
> I used ee editor to go to line 66 and deleted what was apparently blank. 
> Now when I run sendmail -q it's as though nothing occurs, I don't even 
> get a mail message telling me my email was rejected.
> 
> How can I remove fuzz from my address? Dynamite? I have very little hair 
> left, and this day has been really rough on what is left. It's being 
> ripped out in big chunks. Sendmail documentation seems to be setup for 
> server configuration. I have not been able to find anything for a 
> standalone desktop that answers these questions. I've spent two days 
> studying about and configuring mutt. Should I just stick with kmail?
> 
> Thanks, I really needed to vent!
> Gary
> 
> here is the error message:
> 
> Jun 21 17:32:05 fuzz sendmail[85]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): 
> /etc/mail/sendmail.cf: line 66: unknown configuration line "\n"
> 
> here is freebsd.mc:
> 
> divert(-1)
> #
> # Copyright (c) 1983 Eric P. Allman
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> #
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> AND
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> 
> #
> #  This is a generic configuration file for FreeBSD 4.X and later 
> systems.
> #  If you want to customize it, copy it to a name appropriate for your
> #  environment and do the modifications there.
> #
> #  The best documentation for this .mc file is:
> #  /usr/share/sendmail/cf/README or
> #  /usr/src/contrib/sendmail/cf/README
> #
> 
> divert(0)
> VERSIONID(`$FreeBSD: src/etc/sendmail/freebsd.mc,v 1.10.2.16 2002/05/22 
> 16:39:14 gshapiro Exp $')
> OSTYPE(freebsd4)
> DOMAIN(generic)
> 
> FEATURE(access_db, `hash -o -T<TMPF> /etc/mail/access')
> FEATURE(blacklist_recipients)
> FEATURE(local_lmtp)
> FEATURE(mailertable, `hash -o /etc/mail/mailertable')
> FEATURE(virtusertable, `hash -o /etc/mail/virtusertable')
> 
> MASQUERADE_AS('socal.rr.com') dnl
> 
> dnl Uncomment to allow relaying based on your MX records.
> dnl NOTE: This can allow sites to use your server as a backup MX without
> dnl       your permission.
> dnl FEATURE(relay_based_on_MX)
> 
> dnl DNS based black hole lists
> dnl --------------------------------
> dnl DNS based black hole lists come and go on a regular basis
> dnl so this file will not serve as a database of the available servers.
> dnl For that, visit 
> http://dmoz.org/Computers/Internet/Abuse/Spam/Blacklists/
> 
> dnl Uncomment to activate Realtime Blackhole List
> dnl information available at http://www.mail-abuse.com/
> dnl NOTE: This is a subscription service as of July 31, 2001
> dnl FEATURE(dnsbl)
> dnl Alternatively, you can provide your own server and rejection 
> message:
> dnl FEATURE(dnsbl, `blackholes.mail-abuse.org', `"550 Mail from " 
> $&{client_addr} " rejected, see http://mail-abuse.org/cgi-bin/lookup?" 
> $&{client_addr}')
> 
> dnl Dialup users should uncomment and define this appropriately
> define(`SMART_HOST', `smtp-server.socal.rr.com') dnl
> 
> dnl Uncomment the first line to change the location of the default
> dnl /etc/mail/local-host-names and comment out the second line.
> dnl define(`confCW_FILE', `-o /etc/mail/sendmail.cw')
> define(`confCW_FILE', `-o /etc/mail/local-host-names')
> 
> dnl Uncomment both of the following lines to listen on IPv6 as well as 
> IPv4
> dnl DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Name=IPv4, Family=inet')
> dnl DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Name=IPv6, Family=inet6')
> 
> define(`confBIND_OPTS', `WorkAroundBrokenAAAA')
> define(`confMAX_MIME_HEADER_LENGTH', `256/128')
> define(`confNO_RCPT_ACTION', `add-to-undisclosed')
> define(`confPRIVACY_FLAGS', `authwarnings,noexpn,novrfy')
> MAILER(local)
> MAILER(smtp)
> 
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Bill Moran
Potential Technologies
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